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substantial adverse claimant

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From 313 U.S. 215 - Sampsell v. Imperial Paper & Color Corp. · 1941Most cited · 691 citing opinions

Mere legal paraphernalia will not suffice to transform into a substantial adverse claimant a corporation whose affairs are so closely assimilated to the affairs of the dominant stockholder that in substance it is little more than his corporate pocket. A family corporation's adverse claim is merely colorable where the corporation is formed in order to continue the bankrupt's business, where the bankrupt remains in control, and where the effect of the transfer is to hinder, delay or defraud his creditors.